School: Carniska (roll number 1681)
- Location:
- Carrownaskeagh, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Richard Healy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0253, Page 143
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“Once upon a time there was a great spring well that used to supply the whole village with water....”
Once upon a time there was a great spring well that used to supply the whole village with water but this man bought the land the well was in and he built a ditch round the well so that neighter people not cattle could get near it and his wife would not let the neighbours clean it
She also threw in all the stuff into it that the neighbours took up in order to prevent people from getting the water. She got pains in her bones very soone after and was(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Miss Maria Hughes
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 76
- Address
- Castlenode, Co. Roscommon